Key points
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Current ‘passive' adhesive restorative materials are not capable of bio-interaction with dental tissues and biological fluids.
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Innovative restorative materials could capitalise on natural healing processes via ‘smart' materials that can repair gaps at bonding interfaces, preventing bacterial penetration.
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Future treatment may achieve a targeted bottom-up deposition of apatite-like crystals, rather than mineral precipitation onto the surface of demineralised dental substrates.
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Sauro, S. Dental materials - future ‘active' resins?. Br Dent J 236, 460–461 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-024-7185-2
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